Oh hell yeah @amnesty.org comes out swinging: "Amnesty International finds that standalone generative AI systems... are fundamentally incompatible with IHRL. As such, Amnesty International is calling for a prohibition of such systems." www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Who among you will be at CSS at OSU this month? Excited to get my #comics nerd on with y’all. My talk is on using comics to make abjection theory fun for undergrads (really!)

It is "unionize or die" time in American higher ed. Yes, that means you and your special work. I don't care if you're "not political," because our enemies are very political.

University of Missouri Chief Financial Officer Ryan Rapp said that tuition across the system's campuses hasn't kept up with inflation and that the increase is in line with other Missouri colleges and universities. (@stlpublicradio.bsky.social)

Tuition at all University of Missouri campuses will increase this fall

The Board of Curators unanimously approved a 4% tuition increase for undergraduates on all University of Missouri campuses on Thursday. At the University of Missouri-Kansas City, tuition will go up by about $247 per semester.

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All (library) managers need to read this and, if resistant, ask themselves: "What do you gain by positioning yourself in opposition to your workers? If you cannot imagine changing your management style, then for the sake of your employees and the profession we urge you to consider a career change."

pam lach@plach.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Catching up on my reading, starting with this gem from Dec: "Care in Uncertain Times." It calls for a people-centered and trauma-informed management approach as a corrective to the workplace culture of toxic resilience 🔥 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

and of course check out the other zines published!! a lot of academics came together to make zines about their fields, and it’s a wonderful way to learn some new information :3 thank u academizines!! and @hauntologist.bsky.social!!! journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...

The end of the semester kind of bowled me over, so I'm behind sharing this awesome little project I undertook with my colleague Zach Frazier. Academizines! features scholarship in zine form from around the world. journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...

Without a permanent space set up yet, Up To Date will produce new shows from UMKC's Digital Collaboration Studio starting next week. During our last episode at 4825 Troost Ave, KCUR staffers discuss their memories from the building.

As KCUR leaves its building, longtime staffers reminisce about their decades at 4825 Troost

KCUR was told that it must vacate its longtime home in Kansas City by the end of January. Without a permanent space set up yet, Up To Date will produce new shows from UMKC's Digital Collaboration Studio starting next week. During our last episode at 4825 Troost Ave, KCUR staffers discuss their memories from the building.

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Hey look, a book! Much appreciation to @hauntologist.bsky.social for pulling this thing over the finish line!!!!!!!! @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social and I have a manifesto on DH projects we are proud of!

I'm so pleased to share that the book I co-edited with @caitcoker.bsky.social is now published! DH+BH is an open access collection of 8 essays exploring the intersections between digital humanities and history of the book. iopn.library.illinois.edu/books/pww/ca...

Last Call! Submissions for #Academizines special issue close 9/15! journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...

Excited to return to #FestivalOfMonsters at @ucscmonsters.bsky.social in October with @samlangsdale.bsky.social and @passableghost.bsky.social. Our panel, Monstrous Transformations: Bodies, Gender, and the Disruption of the Social Self, is all about body horror, ecological collapse, and St. Vincent.

My first ever completed Zine idea! "Why GenAI Sucks and You Should Not Use It" with 20 sources cited on the inside page. Thanks to all the researchers and journalists for the hard work I built from! The scanned zine to print your own and all the references can be found at padlet.com/laurenUU/antiAI

CFP: Academizines! This special issue invites contributors from across the disciplines to share their research and creative scholarship in zine form. journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/un...

Receipts: impact.ach.org You can use this @ach.bsky.social created tool to look up the impact of DOGE cuts to NEH funding for your state and congressional district! Then call/email/tag your reps to help us SAVE THE NEH. #savetheneh

Considering recent news about the NEH and IMLS, we are extending the deadline to submit proposals for ACH 2025 to April 14th. Read more at:

ACH 2025 CFP

Submit a proposal: ACH 2025 Conftool

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Join us Wed, April 9th at 8am PT / 11am ET to contact your elected officials to advocate for the NEH and IMLS. We will provide links, talking points, messages, and scripts, including resources from colleagues such as the @humanitiesall.bsky.social. Register now:

Support the NEH: Virtual Direct Action Hour – ACH Membership

Help spread the word

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If you are feeling discouraged, powerless, or terrified, it is so tempting to retreat into solitude, but you need to be in community right now. Come out tomorrow if you possibly can. handsoff2025.com

Hands Off!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

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The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities. “This frontal attack on the nation’s public culture is unpatriotic, anti-American, and unjustified.” 🗃️

Historians Defend the National Endowment for the Humanities and American Public Culture - AHA

The AHA has released a statement condemning the evisceration of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Higher education in the U.S. is facing some of the sharpest attacks in its history. Join us on Friday, 4/11 at 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET for this rapid-response workshop, designed to give you the tools you need to write and pitch an op-ed. All are welcome. Register now:

ACH Op-Ed Workshop – ACH Membership

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If your NEH grant has been terminated, tell the NHA through their form here 👇

Patty Ingham@patriciaingham.bsky.social · last yr.

The National Humanities Alliance is preparing a lawsuit. Please report your grant details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I love contributor copy day! Happy to be included in this hefty collection! My work with @spotvin.bsky.social and @emgrumbach.bsky.social has been such a wonderful journey!

I'm excited to share some new work at this event. dcsco-op.org/into-the-arc... Registration is open. Please join us and share widely!

It feels very joyful to have my first post here be about how @spotvin.bsky.social @hauntologist.bsky.social and I are closing our trilogy of articles (ten years in active collab!) with a call to mend, to re-center and recognize the human in our dh infrastructures. I <3 my brilliant friends.

Eos have also published a piece on how to cite indigenous oral knowledge, an important read 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/articles/academic-citations-evolve-to-include-indigenous-oral-teachings

Academic Citations Evolve to Include Indigenous Oral Teachings - Eos

A librarian has developed citation templates for oral teachings shared by members of Indigenous communities.

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CFP: The Journal of Somaesthetics special issue Queering the Soma. Article Deadline: January 21, 2024. https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/JOS/announcement/view/204

Join us September 9 for a book talk with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, editors of the Vernon Press collection Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/star-wars-essays-exploring-a-galaxy-far-far-away-book-launch-tickets-697433320837

Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away | Book Launch

Join us for a book talk with Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, editors of the collection Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away.

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I think we should shift the discourse away from co-authorship and toward posse cuts.

Friends! Joshua Jackson and Justin Wigard are discussing Dr. Jackson's excellent new book on exploitation in #videogame #labor tomorrow! Join us! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/who-comes-first-moving-past-passionate-exploitation-tickets-679021460467

Who Comes First: Moving Past Passionate Exploitation

Join us for a chat with Dr. Joshua Jackson (University of Derby) about his book Overcoming The Exploitation of Passion in Videogame Labor.

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